Complete remission of hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombus and lymph node metastases by arterial infusion of 5-fluorouracil and interferon-α combination therapy following hepatic resection

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 501-506

  Wada, Hiroshi ^a   Nagano, Hiroaki ^a   Noda, Takehiro ^a   Damdinsuren, Bazarragchaa ^a   Marubashi, Shigeru ^a   Miyamoto, Atsushi ^a   Takeda, Yutaka ^a   Umeshita, Koji ^a   Dono, Keizo ^a   Sakon, Masato ^a   Wakasa, Kenichi ^b   Monden, Morito ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Extrahepatic metastasis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Interferon; Lymph node metastasis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ALPHA INTERFERON; CISPLATIN; DAUNORUBICIN; DECARBOXYPROTHROMBIN; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR THROMBUS;

ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE MODIFIERS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FLUOROURACIL; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; PORTAL VEIN; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 34447333098     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-007-2028-x     Document Type: Article

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